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lafrogura

LAP-BAND Patients
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About lafrogura

  • Rank
    Banded 07/14/08
  • Birthday 07/19/1972

About Me

  • Biography
    Married, no kids
  • Occupation
    Self Employed
  • City
    Houston
  • State
    Texas
  1. Happy 41st Birthday lafrogura!

  2. Happy 40th Birthday lafrogura!

  3. 3 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 3rd Anniversary lafrogura!

  4. lafrogura

    Uncrushable Pills...What do you do ?

    thank you for the info betsy. that helps explain why they don't dissolve and become stuck
  5. lafrogura

    Uncrushable Pills...What do you do ?

    Thank you all for the helpful information! It's very much appreciated. Also, I do not take Metformin for Diabetes, I take it because of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. I have terrible, excruciating pelvic pain without Metformin so I do not want to be without it. I have an appointment with the doc on Aug. 9th but I'll be in the E.R. before then.
  6. lafrogura

    Uncrushable Pills...What do you do ?

    I am in trouble. It has been 3 days now that I have been unable to swallow my Metformin ER pills. They cannot be cut, crushed or chewed, etc. They have to be swallowed whole. I have swallowed them but come the next morning with the first bite of food they come right back up, whole, covered in slime and expanded but I have called the doc's office and they said the band is too tight. I finally have good restriction after having the band already for 2 years. I do not want an unfill. OMG! This is just too much!
  7. If you are planning to get banded in Mexico due to self pay, then you had better find a doctor that will see you for fills, follow-ups near where you live BEFORE going and getting banded. FYI. I had a heck of a time changing docs and mine wasn't done in Mexico. However, when I was calling around trying to find a new doc, that was the first question they asked me, "Were you banded in Mexico?" because they don't take patients that were banded in Mexico. FYI
  8. Don't do the band. My BMI is 68 now. It was about 62 when I was banded 2 years ago. I have since changed doctors and am now able to actually get good restriction with the band and am finally losing weight. Hopefully this time it's for good. Anyways, what I wanted to say to you was to consider the gastric bypass. The doc I have now has explained that anyone with a BMI over 45 should not have the band. It's not always possible for the band, even the largest one, to compress your stomach enough even when the band is full for you to get good restriction. It's very difficult with very large stomachs like ours. I am currently at 381 lbs. I was 360 when I was banded 2 years ago. I would not recommend the band for people our size. JMO
  9. Something has got to give here.. I have had my band for 2 years now.. I just changed docs recently for the fills. My surgeon was doing them but I was not losing weight, I actually gained weight for the 2 yrs following my lap band surgery. I changed docs a couple of months ago and he has done a couple of fills and now I have good restriction but I have terrible left shoulder pain that starts about mid-day. OMG! It's terrible. I have been taking liquid gas meds for it thinking it's air that is trapped in my stomach and the "hole" where you swallow food is the same hole that you burp through. I can't expel the gas from my stomach so it's moving elsewhere in my body and becoming trapped in my shoulder. Laying down is the only thing that's helped.
  10. I will be there!!!! Looking forward to meeting you all that show up. :biggrin:
  11. we haven't yet .. we dicsussed meeting at least every 2 wks but haven't set a date yet .. will keep ya posted for the next one..
  12. what works for one person doesn't work for everyone. If you don't want or aren't ready for a fill, then wait on it. but i think you eventually will stop losing or plateau and then you may want to reconsider. also the more weight you lose, the looser the band becomes so you may have to for that reason also..
  13. lafrogura

    Georgia Girl

    I have seen many people say that they did not have a pre-op diet. I know more people have to be on one than don't. All surgeons are different. I think it has more to do with how much you have to lose. I know for us super obese we have much more fat on our livers that has to be shrunk down prior to surgery (the reason for the pre-op diet) ... did you ask your doc about a pre-op diet?
  14. lafrogura

    secondary insurance coverage

    Absolutley you can! just send the denial info to your secondary ins with the request for approval from them. i think i would appeal the first ins denial first, though.
  15. we're meeting at starbuck's tomorrow at 9am in kingwood. the address is 2515 green oak pl. Please come and introduce yourself. i know i would love to meet some people in the area and maybe we can help support each other at the same time. :thumbup:

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